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The Tools Of The Academic Designer Are A Piece Of Paper And A Pencil With An Eraser. If A Mistake Is Made, It Can Always Be Erased And Changed. If The Practical-reactor Designer Errs, He Wears The Mistake Around His Neck; It Cannot Be Erased. Everyone Sees It.

-Hyman Rickover

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The Tools Of The Academic Designer Are

Hyman Rickover

The Tools Of The Academic Designer Are A Piece Of Paper And A Pencil With An Eraser. If A Mistake Is Made, It Can Always Be Erased And Changed. If The Practical-reactor Designer Errs, He Wears The Mistake Around His Neck; It Cannot Be Erased. Everyone Sees It.

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